Dog house



DOG HOUSE Filed Feb. 14, 1954 ATTORNEY Patented July 30, 1935 11 r p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a noG House George Blatchford, Friend, Nebr.

Application February 14, 1934, Serial No. 711,248

1 Claim. (01. 11919) The invention relates to a dog house or cabinet place by releasable clips I I, so that in substitute and more particularly to a structure of this kind for the panel In the wire mesh screen panel l2 having a self-closing door and a ventilating syscan be placed in the door for ventilating purtem. poses. The door is swung upon hinges 13 of The primary object of the invention is the Conventional kind. 5

provision of a structure of this character, where- In this front wall 1 above the door frame 8 in the entrance door is controlled. so that when is a Opening l4 having the Window l5 of y the animal is without, such door will remain open approved kind. and on the entrance of the animal to the house or Provided at the rear wall of the body 5 is a cabinet and by occupancy of a bed or bunk the C y l6 haVing the Opening and t 10 door to the said house or cabinet will automati- Chimney p s ventilation to the interior of cally close, the mechanism for actuating the door a the house or cabinet. in the opening and closing thereof automatically Arranged interiorly of the body 5 is a bed or being of novel construction. bunk l8 which at its rear end is connected by Another object of the invention is the provision a hinge 19 to a bearing 29, so that said bed or 15 of a structure of this character, wherein ventilabunk I8 is permitted vertical swinging movement tion is assured when the door is closed and such and is elevated with relation to the floor of the ventilation being effected in a novel manner, the base 5, the elevation being for permitting air house or cabinet in its entirety being of novel circulation beneath said bed or bunk. Arranged 20 form. longitudinally within the body 5 and supported 20 A further object of the invention is the proin suitable bearings 2| secured to the floor or vision of a structure of this character which is base 6 for rocking movement is an actuator shaft extremely simple in its make-up, thoroughly re- 22 having the crank 23 carrying a roller 24 at its liable and eiiicient in its purpose, readily portable, free end and this roller being disposed beneath durable, automatically operable for the control of the free end of the bed or bunk [8, so that on 25 the door, and inexpensive to manufacture. occupancy of the latter the weight thereof will With these and other objects in view, the inact upon the crank 23 for the rocking of the vention consists in the features of construction, shaft 22 in one direction. The shaft 22, oppocombination and arrangement of parts as will be site the crank 23, is formed with a throw arm hereinafter more fully described in detail, illus- 25 Supporting an a j able We t 6 and Con- 30 trated in the accompanying drawing, which disnected by a link 2'! with a shift member 28 pivcloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, oted to a hanger or bracket 29 carried at the inand pointed out in the claim hereunto appended. ner side of the front wall 1 of the body 5. This In the accompanying drawing: member 28 also has pivotally connected thereto Figure lis avertical longitudinal sectional view the link 30 which is also pivoted, at 3|, to a 35 through a house or cabinet constructed in acbracket 32 upon the door 9, so that when the arm cordance with the invention, the entrance door 25 is shifted or thrown under the weight of the being in open position and the bed or bunk unoccupant of the bed or bunk I8 the door 9 will occupied. be moved to closed position. Then when the 10 Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of bed or bunk I8 is unoccupied the weight 26 on Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. the arm 25 will cause the said arm 25 to reversely Figure 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 of swing for the opening of the door 9.

Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. It should be apparent that when the bed or Figure 4 is a perspective view of the control bunk l8 within the house or cabinet is unoccumechanism for the automatic working of the enpied, the door 9 is in open position and when the 45 trance door to the house or cabinet. dog or other animal enters from without the Similar reference characters indicate corresaid housing or cabinet and occupies the bed or sponding parts throughout the several views in bunk l8, the Weight of this occupant, through the drawing. the shaft 22, arm 25 and its connection with the Referring to the drawing in detail, the house or door 9, will automatically close the latter and 50 cabinet comprises a body 5 having the base 6 such door will be maintained closed until the constituting the floor and formed in the vertical bed or bunk [8 becomes unoccupied. front wall 1 of this body is the doorway 8 for a The weight 26 on the arm 25 is adjustable to horizontally swinging entrance door 9 carrying a vary the action of the door 9, as should be obremovable solid panel ID, the same being held in vious, 55

The screen panel [2 when not carried by the door 9 is held within a rack 33 within the body 5, convenient for reach.

The interior of the body 5 is susceptible of thorough ventilation by reason of the disposition of the bed or bunk l8 and the arrangement of the chimney IS with the opening I! and such ventilation will be increased when the wire mesh screen [2 replaces the solid panel In in the door 9.

What is claimed is:

A dog house comprising a body forming an enclosure having an opening in one Wall, a horizontally swinging door closing said opening, a.

hearing at the bottom of said body remote from the door, a bunk having one end hinged to said bearing for vertical movement, a shaft journaled longitudinally of the body at one side of the opening, a crank formed at the innermost end of said shaft and disposed beneath the free end of the bunk, a crank at the other end of the shaft and extended reversely to the first-mentioned crank and upwardly and over the opening in the body, an adjustable Weight on the last-mentioned crank, a rocking member for horizontal movement pivotally supported on the wall having the opening and elevated from the bottom of the body, a link connecting said rocking member with the last-mentioned crank, and a link pivotally connecting said rocking member with the door.

GEORGE BLATCHFORD. 

